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From Unincorporated Territory [Lukao]

by Craig Santos Perez

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From Unincorporated Territory [Lukao]

by Craig Santos Perez
series from unincorporated territory

This collection of experimental and visual poems dives into the history and culture of the poet’s homeland, Guam.

from unincorporated territory [lukao] is the fourth book in native Chamorro poet Craig Santos Perez’s ongoing series about his homeland, the Western Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam), and his current home, Hawai’i.

He utilizes eco-poetic, decolonial, diasporic, indigenous, documentary, epic, and avant-garde modes to weave stories of creation, birth, migration, food sovereignty, and parenting. This work not only protests the devastating impacts of colonialism, militarism, and environmental injustice across the Pacific, it also expresses a vision of a sustainable and hopeful future.

"In his latest book, Perez explores his fears as a parent raising a child in an era of climate change and militarization in the Pacific. But he's also hopeful that being raised in Hawaii will teach her about indigenous rights, environmentalism and the demilitarization movement." —Courtney Teague, Honolulu Civil Beat

Book Details

Poetry

Publish Date: October 3, 2017

ISBN: 9781632430410

Language: English

About the Author

Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). He is the coeditor of six anthologies; the author of poetry collections including Habitat Threshold and his ongoing from unincorporated territory series; and the author of the monograph, Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization. He is professor in the English department at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. Perez has received the National Book Award for Poetry, American Book Award, Pen Center USA/Poetry Society of America Literary Prize, Hawaiʻi Literary Arts Council Award, Nautilus Book Award, and the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from the Associated Writing Programs.